Art
Excavating Mark Rothko’s Theatrical Foundations
The paintings Rothko made before 1948 are considered minor, but an exhibition in Vienna claims that they are essential to understanding the artist’s mature works.
Austria
In Brief
Art Collector to Plant 299 Trees in a Stadium to Protest Inaction About Climate Change
The idea was inspired by a 1970 drawing depicting a forest entrapped in a big city soccer stadium.
News
Vienna Museum Cancels Palestine Event with South African Anti-Apartheid Leader
In response to the cancellation, Ronnie Kasrils wrote: “It’s disappointing then to find those rights now curtailed in Austria for wanting to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and sharing the South African experience and lessons with the Austrian people.”
Art
Spotlighting a Marginalized Master of Art Brut
According to his psychiatrist, Philipp Schöpke possessed “the extreme opposite of what is called drawing talent.”
Art
Discovering the Women of Art Brut
In Vienna, a new exhibition showcases the ideas and accomplishments of self-taught female artists.
News
Should There be a Statute of Limitations on Nazi-Looted Art?
Should countries set a deadline for restitution claims brought by descendants of Holocaust victims whose art was looted by the Nazis?
News
Austrian Businessman Asks Government to Buy His Art Collection
The Austrian government is considering buying one of the country's best-known private art collections in a bid to help save its owner's company. Collector and businessman Karlheinz Essl has appealed to the Austrian minister of culture to purchase his 7,000-piece art collection, the Guardian reported
Opinion
China Plans an Exact Copy of Scenic Austrian Village
You've all heard of the Chinese painters who get paid to make exact copies of the masterpieces of Western art. Well now China is going after entire towns rather than paintings. Architects in Guangdong are planning to make a replica of a scenic Austrian village, as nordic as can be, set right in thei